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Panda 2012+ Grandmother’s Panda Pop

Bought 2015 to succeed a previous gen Panda after a horrid experience with a new i10 at the time…

Introduction

Thought I’d add this Panda which I’m responsible for the maintenance and washing of to the garage. Particularly as I get into some more in-depth jobs soon that were left a little overdue…

This is a bog standard, basic as they come, 1.2 Pop finished in White and bought via the £6,999 offer back in 2015. And to be honest the more basic it was, the more it appealed to my grandmother. The basic radio… a plus instead of a touch screen! The lack of key buttons… not an issue to her!

Having sold the 2005 Panda Dynamic that would become mine in 2015 she’d replaced it with a new but outgoing Hyundai i10 in its top spec (you could tell because it had a second set of keyfobs for the remote locking…). That car was so bad even she wanted rid of it and she has very little interest in cars to begin with. When she had to give some thought what to replace it with, the Panda was the perfect solution as she’d driven the 05 model from 2007 - 2013 without issues.

Since then it’s had the occasional wash… an annual oil and engine air filter change and a new tyre.. only when faced with an upcoming MOT… a splash of screen wash from time to time and that’s it.

Never an engine light, never strange unexpected behaviour. Just clockwork running as we’ve come to expect from the FIRE 1.2.
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Gave the Panda a wash yesterday. It comes up well, despite never having been waxed or treated to any more than a wash-n-wax shampoo and a regular local sponge wash place between me washing it.

White truly is a nightmare. Every blast with the pressure washer in a gap blasts out black gunk.

I noticed the seals got the door cards wet so I think I'll be double checking them, certainly the one in the photo that is sitting wrong... this was an issue from a few months old. I think some silicone will help it stick in place.

I am excited to see the transformation from the engine bay... boot floor... sills and seals to go from dirty to like new.

I'll try get some before and after photos... after the major service of course.
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